These Are the Ravings of a Fascist

It all became a farce over the weekend—the whole of the presidential campaign, but especially Tuesday night's debate between the former president* and the current vice president. It will all be covered as though this were nothing more than a conventional political campaign, perhaps a little noisier than most of them. When in fact, one of the candidates is now running as an out-and-out fascist, his authoritarian ravings mitigated only marginally by the fact that he also is obviously lost in a cognitive netherworld. I have chosen to believe every word he said over the weekend. [View in Browser]( [Esquire]( [SHOP]( EXCLUSIVE [SUBSCRIBE]( [I Believe Trump When He Says Kicking Immigrants Out Will Be A 'Bloody Story']( [I Believe Trump When He Says Kicking Immigrants Out Will Be A 'Bloody Story']( It all became a farce over the weekend—the whole of the presidential campaign, but especially Tuesday night's debate between the former president* and the current vice president. It will all be covered as though this were nothing more than a conventional political campaign, perhaps a little noisier than most of them. When in fact, one of the candidates is now running as an out-and-out fascist, his authoritarian ravings mitigated only marginally by the fact that he also is obviously lost in a cognitive netherworld. I have chosen to believe every word he said over the weekend. [Read More](     [Carmy’s Iconic Jacket from The Bear Is Officially Back in Stock]( [Carmy’s Iconic Jacket from The Bear Is Officially Back in Stock]( Snag one before it’s gone again. [Read More]( [The 6 Best Mini Bluetooth Speakers for Bike Rides, Parties, and More]( [The 6 Best Mini Bluetooth Speakers for Bike Rides, Parties, and More]( Little body. Big sound. [Read More]( [How Wise Guy Delivered The Sopranos Postscript We Didn’t Know We Needed]( [How Wise Guy Delivered The Sopranos Postscript We Didn’t Know We Needed]( When HBO first approached Alex Gibney about making a docuseries about The Sopranos, he was inclined to say no. As much as the Academy Award-winning director loved the show, he wasn’t interested in creating a sizzle reel about it, which makes sense when you consider Gibney’s filmography. This is the man who’s peeled back layers of power and corruption in films like Taxi to the Dark Side and Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief—and recently spoke up about streaming platforms’ outsized influence in the production of documentaries. Simply repackaging a TV show wasn’t in his DNA. [Read More](   [26 Things We Learned From HBO's New Sopranos Documentary]( [26 Things We Learned From HBO's New Sopranos Documentary]( Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos dishes out juicy behind-the-scenes stories like a fresh plate of gabagool. [Read More]( [45 Luxury Gifts for Men Who Appreciate the Finer Things]( [45 Luxury Gifts for Men Who Appreciate the Finer Things]( He thinks he has it all, but we’ve got some ideas for you. [Read More](     [Anthony Ramos Isn’t Asking for Permission]( [Anthony Ramos Isn’t Asking for Permission]( “Damn, what are you getting here, bro?” asks Anthony Ramos. He peers at me over his menu, baseball cap pulled low. We’re at the West Village’s Corner Bistro, a New York City institution that neither of us has been to before. I tell him that I’ve heard—no promises—that the burgers are good. “I’m going to get a Bistro Mini,” says Ramos, thirty-two. “That’s probably a mini burger, right?” There’s plenty to talk about while we wait for the food, because the actor-singer-dancer has roughly a hundred things going on. The actor willed himself from the stage of Hamilton to the summer blockbuster Twisters in less than a decade. “Whenever people think of me,” he says, “I want them to say, ‘That motherfucker squeezed the industry.’" [Read More](   [ESQ SHR Jewelry]( [LiveIntent Logo]( [AdChoices Logo]( Follow Us [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Notice]( | [CA Notice at Collection]( Esquire is a publication of Hearst Magazines. ©2024 Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This email was sent by Hearst Magazines, 300 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019-3779